[luau] News - Morgan Stanley Survey: Linux Growing

[Warren Togami]

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-956496.html

Morgan Stanley's August survey of 225 CIOs indicates that information
technology spending isn't likely to change soon from levels set in the
first half of 2002.
...
 Linux, meanwhile, continues to creep into IT budgets. Among the
respondents, 29 percent said they owned Linux servers, and 8 percent are
formally considering buying them. On an informal basis, 17 percent of
the CIOs said they were considering Linux servers. The remainder (46
percent) noted they didn't own and weren't considering Linux.

For those that have recently purchased new Linux servers, 31 percent
were adding capacity, 31 percent were replacing Windows systems, 24
percent were replacing Unix and 14 percent were replacing other
operating systems. 
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